Hemophilia is bleeding disorder that is rare. This disease is usually hereditary, meaning that it is passed on by a parent with the gene. What hemophilia means is that the person does not have any clotting factor or very little clotting factor. This is the protein that is required for normal clotting. There are different types of clotting factors and those proteins are what works with platelets in the body to help the blood clot properly.

Platelets are tiny blood cell portions that are formed in the bone marrow, which is a tissue in the bones with a sponge like density. Platelets are what play a major role in the clotting factor of a human being. When a blood vessel or blood vessels are damaged, the clotting factors are what help the platelets bind together to plug up breaks and cuts at the site of the injury. This helps stop the bleeding. When a person does not have the necessary clotting factors, blood clotting that would normally take place cannot form. There are some that have the hemophilia disorder who receive clotting factor injections to help stop bleeding.

There are typically two types of hemophilia; hemophilia A and hemophilia B. Persons with hemophilia A are missing the clotting factor VIII or have very low levels of this factor. The persons who have hemophilia B have a non-existent or low level of clotting factor IX. On average, 9 out of 10 people have the hemophilia A disorder.

Although rare, some people can develop hemophilia in their lifetime if their body forms antibodies, known as proteins, to the clotting factors in their bloodstream. This is highly unlikely since usually hemophilia is inherited.

Hemophilia can be at different levels of seriousness. From mild to severe and in between, it all depends on how much of the clotting factor is in the blood.